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  1. Is it April already? on Apple to 'Switch' to Windows? · · Score: 1

    Holy shit, what next? "Apple to buy Commodore's IP: next MacBook to feature Genlock and an even Fatter Agnus"?

    Bullshit like this would never get posted to Digg, right? :-)

  2. Re:Another one got caught today on Japanese Develop 'Female' Android · · Score: 1

    Props to the Coward who did justice remixing the Hacker Manifesto.

    The rest of you who didn't recognize this, you can resume your poseur lifestyle on Slashdot. Lamers.

  3. Copycat thief, or wiley hacker again? on Berkeley Grads' Identity Data Stolen · · Score: 1

    Maybe the laptop thief was actually the same wiley hacker at Harvard Business School.

  4. Secret Apple business plans revealed! on Apple Developing Two-Button Mouse · · Score: 1

    I wonder if Apple is going to take AppleInsider to court to force them to disclose who leaked this information to them:

    CONFIDENTAL - CONFIDENTIAL - CONFIDENTIAL

    Apple 2005 business plan to dominate Microsoft:

    1. Develop two-button mouse.

    3. Profit!!!

    CONFIDENTAL - CONFIDENTIAL - CONFIDENTIAL

  5. Re:How about a gigantic Roomba? on DARPA Grand Challenge Teams Submit Videos to DARPA · · Score: 1

    If Rotundus is for real, then someone needs to tell them to enter into the DARPA challenge!

    Great minds think alike, or fools rarely differ. The Rotundus guys are on to something! :-)

  6. How about a gigantic Roomba? on DARPA Grand Challenge Teams Submit Videos to DARPA · · Score: 4, Funny

    Interesting that the DARPA Challenge rule precludes hovercrafts from competing as they do not primarily use traction with the ground for propulsion.

    I hope a team enters with a very large metal hollow sphere with gear teethmarks lining the inside and the machinery be a shaft, gyroscope and gears on both ends of unequal weight. The rest of the contents can be fuel/energy cells to power the rotating motion of the machinery inside -- it essentially just has to "throw" itself in a direction and keep rolling and steering. Travelling 175 miles ought to be possible as long as the terrain isn't ridiculous.

  7. Does anyone archive IM? on How Do You Store and Reconcile Email Archives? · · Score: 1

    Does anyone archive IM?

    I do, but that's because I use Trillian which makes logging a breeze, and Trillian's Activity History feature makes these archived logs actually useful, being able to "bookmark" points in the conversation as well as search the logs in several useful ways.

  8. the next useful internet worm on Cisco IOS Source Code Theft Story Continues · · Score: 1

    Someone please use the IOS source to find an exploit that goes around and updates Cisco routers with proper egress filtering. k, thx! :-)

  9. Mozilla team port Safari to Win32 ... on Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Subject says it all. The Mozilla team should dump their codebase and port Safari to Win32. There's the silver bullet ...

    -- Dossy

  10. even bad press is good press ... on Filesharing Up 10% After RIAA Threatens Users · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Newsflash: RIAA understands "viral marketing" and is getting P2P filesharing networks LOTS of free press!

    They obviously figured out that P2P filesharing has caused revenues to go up. However, they wear the veil of ignorance and claim that filesharing is evil and causes revenue loss -- all the while embezzling money and otherwise squandering it, to make the bottom line look reduced to support their phony claims.

    All this buzz around P2P filesharing and how easy it is to get pirated music for free causes people who would not normally try such a thing, to go out and try it -- repetetive "advertising" of these filesharing networks in the form of headline news almost daily.

    RIAA can then pocket even more money once the viral marketing takes off and they need to spend less money on actual marketing and promotion efforts. Just hire a few more lawyers to keep the news buzz going and get rid of the marketing folks ...

    -- Dossy

  11. Dave's missing ingredients ... on Linux Router Project Dead · · Score: 1

    I think Dave Cinege finally learned the harsh reality that it takes more than a reasonable amount of technical know-how to make an open source GPL project successful.

    It requires charismatic, likable and vociferous spokespeople to promote the project and act as fundraisers, too. Clearly, if the LRP died due to lack of funding ... it lacked this ingredient.

    It's a pity to see any open source project go, but lets learn from our collective mistakes instead of just ridiculing or pitying the poor sods who made them ...

    -- Dossy

  12. Integrity? Openness? Who are they trying to kid? on JBoss Group Developers Walk Out · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Integrity

    Without personal integrity, relationships are worthless. Without relationships, everything else is equally worthless. We hold both sides of our business relationships to equally high standards of integrity.

    Openness

    Once you have integrity, openness follows. We're dedicated to the free exchange of information. We keep our business dealings open with one another and with the public. Of course, there are legal and practical limits to openness in business, but we favor honesty to secrecy.

    This seven person exodus doesn't exactly sound like the most open or fair thing to do to The JBoss Group. But, maybe I'm wrong ...

    -- Dossy
  13. Are they serious? on Amazon Takes Pikachu To The Patent Office · · Score: 1

    How is Amazon going to tweak the implementation so that every search doesn't suggest "porn"?

    -- Dossy

  14. 3D display?! on Sony To Release PSP Handheld Console In 2004 · · Score: 1

    The PSP will have a screen capable of showing 3D images, [...]

    Real 3D?! What's it use, a parabolic mirror? Some other projection tricks?

    Oh, sorry -- they must mean that it's a 2D display that renders a representation of 3D in 2D ...

    -- Dossy

  15. How Neo pops Agent Smith? on The Gospel According to Neo · · Score: 1

    No mention of how Neo popping Agent Smith at the end in the article!

    Let God into your heart in and evil gets vanquished. Poof.

    I'm also surprised that there's no mention of Neo (as well as all the other Matrixians) being an immaculate conception. Presumably, everyone in the Matrix is born without the original sin, right?

    -- Dossy

  16. Re:Wow! on The Gospel According to Neo · · Score: 1

    For anyone who's seen Orgazmo, the appropriate response to the exclamation of "Jesus Christ!" is "Where!?"

    -- Dossy

  17. Re:Great - Just What We Need on Lucas Returning to Digital Animation · · Score: 1

    Dude, I think you've got a boxoffice smash on your hands! Lucas should hire you to write scripts.

    Of course, they should also hire Nick Park to do the movies in stop-motion claymation.

    Wallace: "Grommit! We forgot the force! Use the force, Grommit!"

    -- Dossy

  18. How much does it cost to file suit in Florida? on Spamhaus Responds To Spammers' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    How much does it cost to file suit in Florida? $100? Plus another couple of thousand dollars for Mark Feldstein's fees ...

    That's pretty cheap advertising for Eddy Marin and EMarketersAmerica.org. What more widespread and effective marketing and advertising than getting on /.?

    In under 4 weeks, Eddy's created a brand that's recognized by hundreds of thousands of people. I think that's impressive. ... and we fell for it. Duh.

    -- Dossy

  19. Re:Absolutely not a hoax, just a major screwup! on Microsoft's iLoo Project A Hoax · · Score: 3, Funny

    And it was NOT an April Fools Trick as it dates May 2nd.

    Uh, it would be very un-Microsoft-like for them to release something on time. It was probably intended for April 1st but release got delayed by 32 days.

    -- Dossy

  20. Re:I'm a private pilot on Cell Phones and Air Safety · · Score: 1
    I'm an instrument-rated pilot, and if you're in my plane when I'm shooting an ILS through a 200 foot ceiling, you damn well better turn that shit off.

    I can see the Enquirer headlines now:

    John Denver killed by nearby cellphone users.

    -- Dossy

  21. Re:In other news.... on Software Bug Causes Soyuz To Land Way Off · · Score: 1

    Is this the patch that fixes the mysterious "spacecraft activation code" bug?

    -- Dossy

  22. nanoprinting? on Light-Producing Nanotubes Could Mean Faster Chips · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd like to know if these light-emitting nanotubes can be used for nanoprinting of ultra-dense transistor chips. Talk about entering into the next age of computing power ...

    -- Dossy

  23. What a great typo! on Dot ComBack, Or More Of The Same? · · Score: 1

    From the article, sixth paragraph:

    The LemonTree deal is the biggest financial services website acquisition, [...]

    LemonTree? That's classic. Maybe Diller will re-brand as MoneyTree ...

    -- Dossy

  24. Google for ... on Searching Sound · · Score: 1
    Google
    Web Images Sounds Groups Directory News

    __porn_blowjob_"money_shot"__ [I'm Feeling Lucky]

    I can see it now ...

    -- Dossy

  25. email tax is bad, mmmkay? on E-mail Tax As Way Of Preventing Spam · · Score: 1

    Making spam legal by levying a tax on email will only make things worse. We'll get more spam, and since the taxes for it have been paid by the spam-sender, we can't even complain about it.

    Duh.

    -- Dossy